Matilda Bedle was born on 6. Jul. 1823 at New Jersey. She married
Henry Voorhees, son of
William Voorhees and
Rachel Stoney, c 1844.
Matilda Bedle and
Henry Voorhees appeared on the census of 6. Sep. 1850 at Raritan Twp., Monmouth County, New Jersey,
; real estate value 300.00.
Matilda Bedle and
Henry Voorhees appeared on the census of 2. Jul. 1860 at Holmdel Twp., Monmouth County, New Jersey,
; personal property 100.00.
Matilda Bedle appeared on the census of 1870 at Raritan Twp., Monmouth County, New Jersey.
Matilda Bedle appeared on the census of 1880 at Raritan Twp., Monmouth County, New Jersey.
Matilda Bedle appeared on the census of 2. Jan. 1920 at with her daughter Janetta Heyer, Holmdel Twp., Monmouth County, New Jersey.
She died on 30. Jun. 1928 at age 104. Mrs. VOORHEES, 104, Dies in Her New Jersey Home
Lived in One Section All Her Life - Was Tea Drinker - Ill but Three Times
Asbury Park, June 30 -- Mrs. Matilda BEDLE VOORHEES, who would have been 105 years old next Friday, died today at the home of her daughter, Mrs. William H. HEYER, of Hazlett, near here. Until last Thursday when she was stricken with a weak spell, Mrs. VOORHEES was able to be around the house and she
looked forward to entertaining her relatives on her birthday. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 PM Tuesday at the home of Mrs. HEYER and later they will be held in St. John's Methodist Episcopal Church in South Keyport. The Rev. Henry JOHNSON will officiate. Burial will be in Keyport.
Mrs. VOORHEES was born on July 6, 1823, and had lived in or near Hazlett all of her life. Her twin sister died at the age of 87. Last Christmas, she held a member of the fifth generation on her knee and described the first Christmas she remembered. She was dressed homespun and went to church in a sleigh drawn by oxen she said.
"I am no prude", Mrs. VOORHEES is reported to have said last Christmas. "The younger generation is not half so bad as it is pictured. I think automobiles are wonderful and airplanes and dirigibles thrill me. I would like to go up in the air with LINDBERGH.
"People have lost the art of getting the full measure of joy out of Christmas. They don't have Yule logs any more because the fireplaces are too small and the logs are too scarce. They don't have sleighbells because cars run so smoothly the bells would not jingle"
Mrs. VOORHEES had only been treated by a doctor three times in her life, twice for pneumonia and once for a throat infection. Last spring she received $500. from Sir Charles HIGHAM, of the India Tea Growers Association as the oldest living tea drinker. Tea was her strongest beverage.
Mrs. VOORHEES joined the Methodist Episcopal Church when she was 15 and had taught a Sunday school class in the South Keyport Church until she was 80. She was a Republican and cast her first ballot in 1920. Her husband died when he was 63 years old.
Surviving Mrs. VOORHEES are two great-great grandchildren, twenty-one great grandchildren, fifteen grandchildren and one daughter. The daughter is
the only survivor of nine children.
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